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Posts Tagged ‘deer’

By Amber Veverka State scientists say they’re seeing a surging number of western North Carolina deer dead or dying of hemorrhagic disease, a condition transmitted by biting gnats. Hemorrhagic disease enters the deer’s bloodstream and causes emaciation, loss of motor control, fever, lameness, and swelling of the neck and head. Often the sick deer seek […]

Q: Is there a certain kind of plant in our yards that deer like to eat? – Elle T., 10, Matthews, N.C.. A: “We usually get this question asked backwards,” said Melissa Ungemach, salesperson at Norwood Nursery in Charlotte, saying it’s simpler to ask what won’t deer eat. Many of the ornamentals that grace city […]

How healthy is the creek in your neighborhood?

UNC Charlotte's Urban Institute is taking a year-long look at the creeks that are woven through the community - and asking what we can do to make them cleaner. Learn more at Keeping Watch on Water: City of Creeks.